i'm thankful for this article on the xanax aesthetic of streaming music. i'm thankful for how perceptively it describes something i love, even while dissecting what might be wrong with it being so pervasive (i'm thankful for the phrase "willing to replicate their softness in abundance"). i'm thankful for "pretty when you cry" which i didn't listen to very much when ultraviolence came out but which is really good (i'm thankful for how the beginning reminds me of a gothier "hotel california"). i'm thankful for the rappy bridges of "how many drinks" by miguel. i'm thankful that it similarly took me a while to appreciate "four five seconds" but i love that now too. i'm thankful for the engineering/production/mixing of the song "wild world" by cat stevens. i'm thankful for mirah. 

i'm thankful to get to watch the first episode of the handmaid's tale tonight. i'm thankful for the most recent episode of terrace house: aloha state, which had several incredibly affecting scenes of modern love and hate including one where two characters eat cold curry from the same plate and watch one piece without the sound on, which felt true to the kind of experiences of love i've had in my life. i'm thankful to have finished roadside picnic, which was aight but kind of underwhelming in comparison to stalker. i'm thankful to have started the new david grann book, which has already hooked me, and to recommend the old david grann books, both of which are amazing reads. i'm thankful that i had a slightly trying day at work but i'm thankful that it wasn't too bad (and i'm thankful to have heard from d about a change in my old job that made me ever more grateful than usual that i don't work there anymore). i'm thankful it's wednesday.